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Southland Times, Issue 19133, 25 August 1903, Page 2

Choral members of the Musical Union are requested to attend for an hour's combined rehearsal this evening with the orchestra. The Harriers will, to-morrow traverse the Otatara district. They meet at the I.K.C. shed and pull across the river in boats secured for this purpose by Mf ■j ncquicry. Very high prices wero given at auction in Blenheim on Saturday for draught horses, which are in demand in tne distirict. Six brought up to £.f>9 each ; tho average being £54 10s for animals rising live and six years. In the absence of a Feilding family on Saturday night their hoiine was ransacked and £50 worth of jewellery and five £10 notes and silver stolen. The commercial travellers arc in hard training for a walking match, to tako place next Saturday. The course will be from Awarua Hiding, Blutl road, to the corner of Nith und Tweed streets, and as the competitors are losing no opportunity of getting fit fast time and a tight finish may be expected. A young man, employed in the office of a firm in town, and residing with his parents in South Invercargill, rose at 5 a.m yesterday and, in reply to his brother, said he was going outside. After waiting some time his father went out but could not find him, and, although search was made for the youth during the day. no trace of him had been got up to sundown. The monthly meeting of the High Schools Board, held last night, was attended by Messrs W. Macalister (chairman), Hawke, and Watson. Is was resolved to ask Professor. Sale to present the prizes and give an address on the occasion of tho distribution of prizes at the end of the year. Free railway passes being only granted to pupils living in the country, lo the nearest high school or district high school, Mr Hawke was appointed to arrange with the traffic manager if possible to grant passes to all pupils who wish to attend the Southland High Schools. The secretary reported that all the leases ottered on Saturday had been again taken up by the previous lessees at the upsets, excepting section 21, block 08, lor which no offer was made. Accounts amounting to £205 Os 5d were passed for payment. On Thursduy evening in the First Church the Kcv. Rutherford Waddell, M.A., D.D., of St. Andrew's Church, Dunedin, will deliver a lecture on Irish and Scottish wit and humour. Dr Wadhell's abilities as a lecturer hardly call for comment in Invercargill ; on tho lecture platform, as in the pulpit, he has something worth hearing to tell his audience. Possessing a keen sense of humour himself, he has an acute perception of humour in others, and especially has ho made a study of the humour of those writers who pourtray Irish and Scottish life and character. It faiay confidently be said that Dr Waddell's lecture on Thursday night will provide not only keen literary enjoyment, but also material for not a little hilarity. Of recent years Dr WaddeU's visits have been rare, and the opportunity of hearing him lect-ure mould be very largely availed of. The lecture will be good, and tho object lor which it is given is good also, so that there is a double attraction in tbe " bill," tad the seating of the church will no doubt be fully occupied on Thursday night. The Canadians have had a subsidised lino of <*"-*aitn*T-i from Montreal to the Cape""" and"" Dnybah' mrnnng- tor* the past five years. The steamers have refrigerating and chilling space, in which they guarantee to carry cargo at any temperature from oOdeg Fahr downward. Canadian produce, which is*\ spoken of as being vastly superior to that coming from tho United States, Can, owing to those facilities, be landed as cheaply in South Africa as in London. Advices from South Africa state that the Canadians stand a good chance of entirely securing the butter, cheese, and bacon trade of South Africa. Dr H. Barraclough, of Wellington, is offering, through the N.25. Literary and Historical Association, a prize of five guineas for the best essay on any branch of natural science, or special line of investigation connected therewith. . The competition is open to any resident of Now Zealand who does not hold a scientific appointmont. and the essays must be sent to the registrar of the Association at Auckland not later than 31st December. The late Phil May used to tell of a funny experience he bad on his return from a tour for the Graphic. " When 1 came back to Loudon," he said, " I hastened to the ofllce. and imagine my gratification when J saw everywhere resplendent banners the inscription -in lage letters, ' Welcome to May." 1 tell you I was elated. ' This is indeed^fame,' I thought, and when I got to the Graphic oifice there was another inscription with flowers and all the rest of it, ' Welcome to M. and G.' The G. worried me a bit, but then the name of the man who went out with me to do the letterpress commenced with G.' I told the editor of my gratification.! ' Why, you idiot, you egotistical, egregious idiot,' he remarked politely, ' it's nothing to do with a low artist fellow like you. It's the marriage of of Prince George aud Princess May!'" May once drew a picture of a cricket match, in which he depicted one of the fielders wearing wicket gloves. Tho picture caught tho eye of Dr W. G. Grace, who wired to the artist, "Why, oh ! why does square leg wear wicket keeping gloves '?" , Phil May's ready wit came to his assistance, and he determined .on a characteristic though perhaps somewhat severe retort. Waiting till midnight, he stole out into Fleet street and handed in a telegram addressed to the renowned crieketel'._ It required a special messenger to deliver it, but this did not deter the sender, and at 2.30 o'clock on o cold December mor"ing Dr Grace was called out of bed to open a telegram, which ran—" To keep his hands warm." Twenty-five thousand • and a five years' guarantee is Mr Spreckels's latest move. We guessed the sudden acceleration of the Yankee gentleman's mail boats meant suiuething. The Oceanic Company was not wasting coal> and straining boilers, and sweating firemen, and getting itself, into an excited and agitated state, all for nothing*: Mr Spreckels was after £125.000 of this country's cash. So the Sierra, and the Sonoma, and the Ventura were sent sprinting across the "Pacific, and tho employes of Spreckels and Co's Oceanic Steamship Company were hustled as thoy never were before. And if the New Zealand Parliament is led by the nose by R. .1. Seddon, Imperialist and patriot, and agrees— which it probably won't — to pay Mr Spreckels his £25,000 a year for five years, tho stokers will stop working overtime, and the engines will get a chance to cool down, and the Oceanic boats will drift into Auckland in the good old day-late j style of last year. But we have an idea Mr Spreckels is burning a lot of coal for nothing, and that the New Zealand Parliament is not going to vote him any increased subsidy for five years; It ' will take Mr Seddon all his time to get the House to consent to a continuation of the present unsatisfactory agreement. What New Zealand wants is to pay its subsidy to an all-red Vancouver line,and Mr Seddon will make a mistake if he forgets it.— Truth. (Christchurcb). The first railway steam motor coach gave great satisfaction on . it§ trial . trip. Designed by and built under the direction of Mr D. Drummond, the locomotive superintendent, it is intended for passenger* trafllc pn -p. short branch line between Fratton and Havant, near Portsmouth (England). The coach has an engine nt one end, with a place for the driver in the ordinary way; arid at the other end there is a platform with gear connecting it with the engine, so that the motor can be driven from either end. There is accommodation for "32 third third-class and IO first-class passengors, and a compartment capable of holding a ton of luggage. This is sooken- of as the first vehicle of its kind. -That is not soA Mr Rowan designed a coach exactly I pimilar some years ago, and one was imported to Victorin but for some reason was scarcely used. . . -' The passengers by the French steamer Armand Behic wore provided, with some excitement during the voyage from Marseilles to Australia. The first day out from the French port a curious object was sighted floating and when it was reached it was found to be a ballon, to the basket of which two aeronauts wero CliU 51 111? for «4s>».r life Omo of the WW was rescued by the ; Armand Behic, and. tho other* was picked up by another French steamer. The aerial navigators had ascended in what was. believed to be a "steerable balloon, but the mechanism refused to'aCfc when the critical, moment arrived, j; - ". [^.: : ::' r :.:■.-. vr''^ 1 ■■■ • -'^ : -.-. ""' . Capstan -'JtJutttr i,s ,not surpassed -,; lor. quality: It la the T choicest, the purest" and tfre basK : Ftoj^*^ ttorefce^pers.

The Warnambool to Melbourne Road Race, a distance of 169 miles was won by d. Arnst of N.Z. in 7 hours 43 minutes from scratch, 'Beating ino previous record by one hour. Arnst rode a Red Bird* machine, thus proving it to be the best machine for road riding. q Mr J. S. Baxter supplies a handsome ten pound tin of choice Rava Tea for 13s 9d. This tea is of good quality, •rich liquor, ana nne flavour. Try this popular beverage. Prepare for Croup.— The time wasted in sending for a physician when a child snows symptoms of the croup often lead9 to fatal results. A reliable medicine and one that should always be i kept in the home ready for immediate ! use is Chamberlain's Cough Rernody. It never fails, and will prevent the attack if givon as soon .as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cot'.gh appears. For sale by Macalister and Co, I chemist*Mr Murio is now the sole agent for Britain'B Best Bicycle the Rudge-Whit-worth, and to secure the trade of tho best clas9 of people, viz., thoso who pay . cash for their goods, he retails this high ( grade machine at 16 guineas— a lower price than the trade usually pay for the same machine. II interested in i cycles call and see, or write for catalogue. R. Murie, Prince of Wales Buildings, Dee street, Invercargill.